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particularly in the light of obama's recent visit, these are interesting times. significant changes for the first time in 50 years. >> yes. one thing that's quite significant. you take a look around, all kinds of people, all age groups. a couple years ago, people would be talking about politics, you -- nowadays, it's more outspoken. the government is more open. they also are relaxing the rules about censorship. august 20th, we were called into the office, many publishers and editors, and the boss, okay, 40 years and 20 days of censorship is gone. that's it. >> feel good? >> yeah. that's what we've been waiting for for so many years. >> i love the answer. it's a careful yes. >> yes. people in the country, we have some doubt, is it real? the changes? the reforms? but now it's a couple years. people start to believe, okay, maybe it's real. the process is still very young, but it's still possible. when the generals stop and say, okay, now let's turn back or let's stop. i'm optimistic about the changes, but, it's a course. >> in yangon, motor bikes are outlawed. why i
particularly in the light of obama's recent visit, these are interesting times. significant changes for the first time in 50 years. >> yes. one thing that's quite significant. you take a look around, all kinds of people, all age groups. a couple years ago, people would be talking about politics, you -- nowadays, it's more outspoken. the government is more open. they also are relaxing the rules about censorship. august 20th, we were called into the office, many publishers and editors, and...
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and even as the president and michelle obama have announced plans to go to boston tomorrow to commemorate the victims and commune with people in boston, they do not know whether it was a group, whether it was an individual, and whether that group or individual is foreign or domestic. >> john harwood, thank you so much. all right. the s&p 500 at session lows as we continue to watch the sell-off. we're going to talk about one of the reasons why. bank of america bringing down the financials. one of the weakest groups in the s&p right now. we'll break it all down for you. >>> plus, we're going to look at the mining stocks, many of them hitting new multiyear lows. but is now the time to buy? we're going to get her take on the gold play after this. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ >>> welcome back to "the halftime report" looking at the fngtss. one of the weakes
and even as the president and michelle obama have announced plans to go to boston tomorrow to commemorate the victims and commune with people in boston, they do not know whether it was a group, whether it was an individual, and whether that group or individual is foreign or domestic. >> john harwood, thank you so much. all right. the s&p 500 at session lows as we continue to watch the sell-off. we're going to talk about one of the reasons why. bank of america bringing down the...
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president obama was there. he offered words of comfort to the families of the three people killed in the attack and the dozens wounded. he also tried to provide reassurance to those wounded. and he had praise for the city of boston. >> you showed us, boston, that in the face of evil, americans will lift up what's good. in the face of cruelty, we will choose compassion. in the face of those who would visit death upon innocence, we will choose to save and to comfort and to heal. >> investigators are trying to identify two men seen in images near the finish line moments before the explosions. photos of the men are being circulated among state and federal law enforcement agencies, but not yet to the public. authorities are debating whether or not to release the photographs of the public. there's concern that releasing them might impede the investigation. it's still unclear whether the attack was an act of domestic or foreign terrorism. >>> and this is another american community healing today. west, texas, it's a bu
president obama was there. he offered words of comfort to the families of the three people killed in the attack and the dozens wounded. he also tried to provide reassurance to those wounded. and he had praise for the city of boston. >> you showed us, boston, that in the face of evil, americans will lift up what's good. in the face of cruelty, we will choose compassion. in the face of those who would visit death upon innocence, we will choose to save and to comfort and to heal. >>...
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president obama will travel to boston on thursday to speak at an interfaith service. today, he vowed to find those responsible and labeled the bombings an act of terrorism. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act. and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. it will take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. but we will find out. we will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice. >> today we also are getting new video of the actual explosions. including the only tape we've seen taken by a woman actually running in the race. [ explosion ] . >> and new radio calls from first responders reveal the chaotic moments just after the explosions. >> we have reports of two explosions here. we have at least a dozen people with serious injuries. >> at least two explosions. a dozen serious injuries, a multiple injury incident. >> authorities are now asking anyone with potential photo or video evidence to come
president obama will travel to boston on thursday to speak at an interfaith service. today, he vowed to find those responsible and labeled the bombings an act of terrorism. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act. and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. it will take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. but we will find out. we will...
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. >> and president obama promising the city they would get assistan assistance. athena jones at the white house this morning. what else did we hear from the president? >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. in the days since the bombing in boston we heard words of comfort to the victims and to the city of boston. late last night in a statement he offered words of comfort and he answered questions many of the people following the story have been asking. >> tonight there are still many unanswered questions. among them, why did young men that grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence? how did they plan and carry out these attacks? did they receive any help? the families of those killed so senselessly deserve answers. the wounded, some of whom now have to learn how to stand and walk and live again deserve answers. >> the president also said the investigation into this continues to try and get some of those answers. he directed the fbi and the department of homeland security to deploy all necessary resources to
. >> and president obama promising the city they would get assistan assistance. athena jones at the white house this morning. what else did we hear from the president? >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. in the days since the bombing in boston we heard words of comfort to the victims and to the city of boston. late last night in a statement he offered words of comfort and he answered questions many of the people following the story have been asking. >> tonight there...
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president obama will travel to boston for a memorial service on thursday. the u.s. senate has shut its mail facility for the next couple days after authorities intercepted a letter sent to mississippi republican roger wicker. it was laced with the poison ricin. the letter was post marked from tennessee but had no return address. >>> here in london we are watching the funeral procession for the former british prime minister margaret thatcher. that funeral is due to begin in just about an hour's time at st. paul's cathedral. just outside our studios in london. ross westgate is not with me because he's outside of the cathedral. it looks as though they nearly have arrived. they still have an hour left to go. >> the hearse which you saw creeping behind the church there is just about a half mile away from st. paul's cathedral. it also pretty much marks the spot where the west end becomes the city of london or the city of london that's under the control of the corporation of the city of london. what will happen there is that the hearse will stop and lady thatcher's body an
president obama will travel to boston for a memorial service on thursday. the u.s. senate has shut its mail facility for the next couple days after authorities intercepted a letter sent to mississippi republican roger wicker. it was laced with the poison ricin. the letter was post marked from tennessee but had no return address. >>> here in london we are watching the funeral procession for the former british prime minister margaret thatcher. that funeral is due to begin in just about...
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but they actually used the phrase barack obama which threw us off. they confirmed that the message was fake and jay carney said the president was fine. within three minutes of the tweet, the dow plunged 147 points before recovering. some traders controlled cnbc they canceled orders and waited for more information. while human traders were able to protect their clients, that may not have been the case for many high frequency firms that use computers to scour headlines for good or bad news and trade on that. you'll see the vix here which spiked 10% briefly. reuters says the move wiped out $136 billion from the s&p 500's value. a group called syrian electronic army, which is supportive of president bashar al assad is claiming responsibility and taking credit for hacking the bbc weather service and this past weekend of cbs's "60 minutes." it was quite a startling situation as you can understand to see the dow drop so precipito precipitously. they do watch everything including twitter. it's a brand new world that we're dealing with here. >> underscores tw
but they actually used the phrase barack obama which threw us off. they confirmed that the message was fake and jay carney said the president was fine. within three minutes of the tweet, the dow plunged 147 points before recovering. some traders controlled cnbc they canceled orders and waited for more information. while human traders were able to protect their clients, that may not have been the case for many high frequency firms that use computers to scour headlines for good or bad news and...
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we can also tell you president obama was briefed overnight. on the series of events by lisa moniker, assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism. again, going back importantly to the details, what we do know about these suspects, which we can tell you from our very own pete williams is that they are in their early 20s, they've been in the u.s. about a year, and they have some military experience. that's all we feel comfortable reporting at this point. so, again, massachusetts institute of technology classes are canceled. the mbta transit service, which serves the greater boston area, including of course a lot of major financial firms is shut down on this friday. markets, though, shrugging it off or i should say not seeing any broad fallout. we're seeing a rally shape up in u.s. futures. we're seeing rallies across global markets. sovereign debt is performing well. here is a look at the latest on the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p. hire is a look, as well, as european markets. u.s. "squawk box" will be picking up the story for us as soon
we can also tell you president obama was briefed overnight. on the series of events by lisa moniker, assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism. again, going back importantly to the details, what we do know about these suspects, which we can tell you from our very own pete williams is that they are in their early 20s, they've been in the u.s. about a year, and they have some military experience. that's all we feel comfortable reporting at this point. so, again, massachusetts institute...
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we're getting mixed messages from the obama administration as well. here's vice president joe biden characterized the bombing suspects today. >> two twisted, perverted, cowardly knockoff jihadies. >> not everyone in the administration seems to share this assessment. jim acosta is at the white house tonight. it was confusing today, some very mixed messages coming out. >> that's right. the white house has been saying all along that it's too early to draw any conclusions in this case. the white house press secretary said today we don't have all of the answers yet. but that's not exactly what you heard from the vice president there whether he said earlier today that these two suspects were knockoff jihadies suggesting that they were sort of amateurish and also from secretary of state john kerry who was in belgium was meeting with the belgian foreign minister and asked by reporters about this case and he seemed to suggest that the older suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev may have learned something when he traveled to southern russia last year. here's what secretar
we're getting mixed messages from the obama administration as well. here's vice president joe biden characterized the bombing suspects today. >> two twisted, perverted, cowardly knockoff jihadies. >> not everyone in the administration seems to share this assessment. jim acosta is at the white house tonight. it was confusing today, some very mixed messages coming out. >> that's right. the white house has been saying all along that it's too early to draw any conclusions in this...
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so the tension is going to focus on the obama administration and following this. we saw during the presidential election campaign mitt romney continually criticized the president being soft on terrorism inspect.. >> and the benghazi incident where it seemed they -- responding to the threat sfp. >> the obama administration was reluctant to use the word terrorism and link it with al qaeda. we saw that a little bit last week, a day before the word "terrorist" was used. this is the line the republicans will use against the president, that he's soft on terror. we're already seeing senior republicans accusing the fbi of dropping the ball on this one, senator lindsay graham and senior members of the house. >> are they justified? is there any way of knowing how many threats like this come into the u.s. on a daily, even hourly basis, and whether in the grand scheme of thing this one ought to have raised the flags? >> i'm not privy to the particular piece of intelligence on this. i imagine obviously they would have thousands of these and things on an annual basis. lindsey g
so the tension is going to focus on the obama administration and following this. we saw during the presidential election campaign mitt romney continually criticized the president being soft on terrorism inspect.. >> and the benghazi incident where it seemed they -- responding to the threat sfp. >> the obama administration was reluctant to use the word terrorism and link it with al qaeda. we saw that a little bit last week, a day before the word "terrorist" was used. this...
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president obama vowing to bring those responsible to justice for the incident that u.s. authorities are treating as an act of terrorism. >>> gold stabilizes after suffering the biggest one-day sell off since 1980. stocks fall and germany's zew index suggesting sentiment is weaker than we expect approximated. >>> and spain's t-bill auction not impacted by market jitters. madrid just over 5 billion euros in three years. >>> softbank defending i ining for sprint in the wake of dish's offer. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> for the latest out of boston this morning, as we said, three people are dead, more than 140 are injured after two explosive devices went off just seconds apart near the finish line of the boston marathon monday afternoon. area hospitals say at least 17 of those injuries are critical. counterterrorism officials tell nbc news other devices were found at the scene, but safely disarmed. the fbi has taken the lead on the investigation, but authorities have shed no light on a possible moti
president obama vowing to bring those responsible to justice for the incident that u.s. authorities are treating as an act of terrorism. >>> gold stabilizes after suffering the biggest one-day sell off since 1980. stocks fall and germany's zew index suggesting sentiment is weaker than we expect approximated. >>> and spain's t-bill auction not impacted by market jitters. madrid just over 5 billion euros in three years. >>> softbank defending i ining for sprint in the...
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again, president obama will be here at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. not only will he focus on lingzi but the other two victims, 29-year-old krystle campbell and 8-year-old martin richard. we do expect family members of some of the victims to be here this morning along with first responders and others who were there on monday when the bombs went off. also, a big crowd, members of the public will be attendance at this morning's interfaith service. >> thank you so much, pamela brown, outside the cathedral of the holy cross. the services begin at 11:00 a.m. eastern time and cnn will bring you coverage of that event. >>> meanwhile, the nhl and nba are paying tribute of the victims of the bombings here on monday. both the bruins and the celtics. during last night's game in toronto the celtics and raptors gathered at midcourt for a moment of silence. the bruins were the first sports team to play at home in boston since the attacks on monday. there was a moment of silence before their game as well against the sabres. and in a stirring moment, rancor put down
again, president obama will be here at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. not only will he focus on lingzi but the other two victims, 29-year-old krystle campbell and 8-year-old martin richard. we do expect family members of some of the victims to be here this morning along with first responders and others who were there on monday when the bombs went off. also, a big crowd, members of the public will be attendance at this morning's interfaith service. >> thank you so much, pamela brown, outside the...
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we know president obama is visiting the area. >>> in the meantime, commodity prices are selling off. the sell-off i should say continues. it's mostly copper today, though. and we are certainly off the lows. in fact, something of a rebound shaping up now with gold up better than 1%. crude participating, as well. brent and nymex there both remaining below if you want to call them key psychological levels of $109 a barrel respectively. we've seen miners down significantly in some cases this morning. coming off the lows of the session. how do you play the commodities space? what other opportunities might the u.s. offer in particular here? darren joins me from yorkville capital. welcome. you're here to talk infrastructure, but the conference is about infrastructure, but what you're talking about, really, are some of the opportunities that the u.s. now offers, given a lot of the big changes we've recently seen when it comes to shale gas. >> absolutely. i will start out with two questions for you today. what's the fastest growing energy producing country in the world? >> i'm going guess it'
we know president obama is visiting the area. >>> in the meantime, commodity prices are selling off. the sell-off i should say continues. it's mostly copper today, though. and we are certainly off the lows. in fact, something of a rebound shaping up now with gold up better than 1%. crude participating, as well. brent and nymex there both remaining below if you want to call them key psychological levels of $109 a barrel respectively. we've seen miners down significantly in some cases...
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the obama budget has a trip dollars more in taxes. here you are worried about 40 billion dollars. >> it's trillion over 10 years. ain't going to happen anyway. >> a million over a year. >> it's not going to happen. >> no, it doesn't. it's a big negotiation. it's going on for quite some time. >> thank you. i asked you specifically your currency. thank you. >>> when we come back, the focus on any new information on who was behind the tax. the latest details right after this. embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helping thousands of companies simplify how work gets done. how's that for an encore? with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> coming up next, earnings from goldman sachs and cloak khra. green arrows across the board. 9 tragedy in boston. dow opens 57 points higher. s&p up five point
the obama budget has a trip dollars more in taxes. here you are worried about 40 billion dollars. >> it's trillion over 10 years. ain't going to happen anyway. >> a million over a year. >> it's not going to happen. >> no, it doesn't. it's a big negotiation. it's going on for quite some time. >> thank you. i asked you specifically your currency. thank you. >>> when we come back, the focus on any new information on who was behind the tax. the latest details...
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i respect president obama. i love my country. and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. this past week has been a nightmare for myself and my family. my mother has suffered. as well as my children. i would like to get back to normal, which for me means being the best father that i can be to my children, supporting my favorite charity save a life foundation and entertaining through my music. thank you. >> paul kevin curtis, released from custody, charges dropped. there's still plenty of stuff we don't know about what happened. dan lothian, our white house correspondent, is standing by. dan, we do know that ricin-laced letters were spent to the president, to roger wicker, the republican senator from mississippi. potentially very deadly letters. where does this investigation go from now on? >> you know, that is a very good question, because from the very beginning, paul curtis and his attorneys had said he was innocent. they said there was a lot of information out there in social media that some
i respect president obama. i love my country. and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. this past week has been a nightmare for myself and my family. my mother has suffered. as well as my children. i would like to get back to normal, which for me means being the best father that i can be to my children, supporting my favorite charity save a life foundation and entertaining through my music. thank you. >> paul kevin curtis, released from custody,...
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are working around the clock to try to determine who sent ricin-laced letters to president obama and other officials just one day after charges were dropped against the suspect that was in custody. the former suspect, paul curtis, spoke exclusively with our chris cuomo just a little while ago. >> is there any connection between you and what was done with these ricin letters? any at all? >> none whatsoever, sir. >> in your understanding, christie mccoy, are investigators completely free of your client as someone who's implicated in this situation? because they have not given clear word. what is your understanding? >> that is absolutely my understanding, chris. we are, in fact, i spoke with someone this morning involved in the investigation with the prosecutors, and i actually had made arrangements, i haven't had a chance to speak with kevin about it yet, that we're actually ready to assist them in as far as what we know, what kevin knows, if there's anything that absolutely, even though they may not have publicly said that, i think that they realize what we have known all along, is th
are working around the clock to try to determine who sent ricin-laced letters to president obama and other officials just one day after charges were dropped against the suspect that was in custody. the former suspect, paul curtis, spoke exclusively with our chris cuomo just a little while ago. >> is there any connection between you and what was done with these ricin letters? any at all? >> none whatsoever, sir. >> in your understanding, christie mccoy, are investigators...
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but there's frankly a more recent lesson during the obama administration of abu mu tal an the underwear bomber. remember there was lead information there inside the system at the state department and at the cia and that didn't get shared. even in the current administration we've seen, you know, an instance where this sort of counter -- important counterterrorism information is not adequately shared or followed up. >> important context there. fran townsend, thanks so much. let me ask you to give context on one other thing we are hearing in these reports. we heard sound from the uncle to the tsarnaev brothers, one of the uncles who brings up the possible of a character, a man named misha who may have influenced tamerlan, may have been a mentor to him somehow dealing with muslim issues right now. put this in context. is this something that authorities will follow up on? are you hearing that this is something they're concerned about? or is this something that may or may not be that reliable? >> well, there's no question that federal authorities will follow up. they will try to individual mi
but there's frankly a more recent lesson during the obama administration of abu mu tal an the underwear bomber. remember there was lead information there inside the system at the state department and at the cia and that didn't get shared. even in the current administration we've seen, you know, an instance where this sort of counter -- important counterterrorism information is not adequately shared or followed up. >> important context there. fran townsend, thanks so much. let me ask you...
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plus the man accused of sending a ricin laced letter to president obama and other officials, there he is, he's been set free. where the investigation into those poison letters is now leading police. but again, they've let him go. he no is no longer a suspect. >> they do have somebody that they are that they think may be behind this so we'll learn more possibly on "starting point." thank you, christine. >>> and happening now, dangerous flooding turns deadly in the nation's midsection. swollen rivers are already to blame for four deaths in that area, and governor jay nixon declaring a state of emergency in missouri after flash flooding drenched many parts of the state. cnn's jim spellman is live in st. louis for us this morning. jim, paint the picture for us. it's pretty dire out there. >> take a look, this is st. louis. we're just below or just north of the famous gateway arch. this is sort of a boat terminal here. usually not under water. today under about five feet of water above flood stage. you can see how high this water has come up. similar circumstances here on the mississippi r
plus the man accused of sending a ricin laced letter to president obama and other officials, there he is, he's been set free. where the investigation into those poison letters is now leading police. but again, they've let him go. he no is no longer a suspect. >> they do have somebody that they are that they think may be behind this so we'll learn more possibly on "starting point." thank you, christine. >>> and happening now, dangerous flooding turns deadly in the...
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. >> , the obama administration has insisted that reconciliation must be afghan-led. but pakistan has aided the taliban and provided them safe haven in the past. while the u.s. is pushing all parties to start negotiating now, pakistan has accused the afghan president hamid karzai, of being "an impediment to the peace process."analysts say all this makes the process of reconciliation that much harder. the problem is how to cobble together a government that has all of their stakeholders buying in. many of these countries for decades have very different geopolitical interests when it comes to afghanistan. >> as officials praised the progress of the afghan forces, the u.s. military concedes that the afghan air force will not be ready to take over air operations until at least the end of 2016. of considerable assistance coalition partners will still be needed. >> it will take time, the afghan air force to end up as fully operational. >> u.s. officials don't want to predict the outcome of peace talks, but they do feel obligated to push for reconciliation at every opportunit
. >> , the obama administration has insisted that reconciliation must be afghan-led. but pakistan has aided the taliban and provided them safe haven in the past. while the u.s. is pushing all parties to start negotiating now, pakistan has accused the afghan president hamid karzai, of being "an impediment to the peace process."analysts say all this makes the process of reconciliation that much harder. the problem is how to cobble together a government that has all of their...
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then, the weekly addresses with president obama and south carolina senator tim scott. after that, a discussion on the future of the civil rights movement.
then, the weekly addresses with president obama and south carolina senator tim scott. after that, a discussion on the future of the civil rights movement.
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president barack obama has criticized republican senators for rejecting gun control legislation. the bill would have extended background checks on gun buyers. victims of gun violence were on hand to witness the bill's defeat. >> those campaigning for tighter gun laws always knew they'd face an uphill battle in congress. even to push through one of the least controversial measures expanding background checks on people who want to buy guns. it got a majority, but still failed because republicans forced what's known as a super majority, 60 votes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. the mother of one gun atrocity victim yelled out her dismay. >> shame on you! >> at the white house, a frustrated president obama blamed the defeat in part on the efforts of pro-gun groups to misrepresent the legislation. willful lies, he called it. >> and unfortunately, this pattern of spreading untruths about this legislation served a purpose. because those lives upset an intense minority of gun owners, and that in turn intimidated a lot of senators. >> joining obama were parents of children killed in la
president barack obama has criticized republican senators for rejecting gun control legislation. the bill would have extended background checks on gun buyers. victims of gun violence were on hand to witness the bill's defeat. >> those campaigning for tighter gun laws always knew they'd face an uphill battle in congress. even to push through one of the least controversial measures expanding background checks on people who want to buy guns. it got a majority, but still failed because...
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this was after the election, so obama, president obama hadn't been sworn in yet and there was a meeting in the oval office and a lunch with the five presidents. definitely a rare opportunity to see a lot of history all in one room. >> host: have you ever counted up how many people up in the same room as those five presidents? >> guest: know so is very special. >> host: back to george h.w. and barbara bush. a lot of photos of them in here as well including one of barbara bush with her camera. >> guest: yeah, she was a really good photographer actually. she would photograph me with president h.w. bush and president george w. bush and send me the photos signed by can record time. she was amazing. >> host: here's another photo of mrs. bush, barbara bush. >> guest: yes, this was election evening 2004 very late at night. actually it might have been early in the morning. we had just learned that president bush was ahead mathematically to win the election. so the family decided it was time to celebrate with a conga line. >> host: how often would you alone, just you and the bush family? >> guest
this was after the election, so obama, president obama hadn't been sworn in yet and there was a meeting in the oval office and a lunch with the five presidents. definitely a rare opportunity to see a lot of history all in one room. >> host: have you ever counted up how many people up in the same room as those five presidents? >> guest: know so is very special. >> host: back to george h.w. and barbara bush. a lot of photos of them in here as well including one of barbara bush...
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why they did this but obama said the u.s. will find out who did it and will hold him accountable he would not go into detail he said an investigation is ongoing and that. u.s. federal officials will be helping out boston in any way that city needs as they continue searching for clues as to what caused two to the bombings their work proximately twenty seven thousand people participating in the boston marathon and tens of thousands on the streets watching the event and also securing the perimeter ironically there were so many police officers on the scene so many emmaus workers this explosion went off and just about ten seconds later a second explosion went off there is some horrific images out there of some of the victims some of whom have lost limbs what history has shown is that if the u.s. is attached washington to brutality and it has retaliated over the course of more than a decade we did have the patriot act in the aftermath of the september eleventh attacks that the department of homeland security was created then the co
why they did this but obama said the u.s. will find out who did it and will hold him accountable he would not go into detail he said an investigation is ongoing and that. u.s. federal officials will be helping out boston in any way that city needs as they continue searching for clues as to what caused two to the bombings their work proximately twenty seven thousand people participating in the boston marathon and tens of thousands on the streets watching the event and also securing the perimeter...
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you know we know president obama, as they know no drama obama president, the severity of this and tragedy of this have not gone unexamined but there isn't the hysteria that we might have worried about. i think one thing you have to say, we know about the carpenter nails, for example, now that law enforcement and public officials have been keeping the public informed since this incident happened. they may not tell us every detail of what chronological picture they are put together, whether it's a domestic event, international event, event that combines domestic and international, with an individual or somebody in a network because they are looking at everything. eventually they will put the pieces together. it's going to take time. but they're keeping us informed and that's a very important part of the dialogue that we're having now. >> karen greenberg, tom fuentes, thanks to both of you. response helps with the recovery and investigation. that's what we're doing now at this minute. thanks for watching special coverage of the bombings here in boston continues after this break. >>> welcome
you know we know president obama, as they know no drama obama president, the severity of this and tragedy of this have not gone unexamined but there isn't the hysteria that we might have worried about. i think one thing you have to say, we know about the carpenter nails, for example, now that law enforcement and public officials have been keeping the public informed since this incident happened. they may not tell us every detail of what chronological picture they are put together, whether it's...
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suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope laced with toxic reisen is sent to president obama. and in the wake of those tragic events the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill authorizing internet providers to share data with the government to avert attacks but it's fueling criticism over the crackdown on privacy. reporting to tonight know to formula one protests in bahrain denounce holding a glamorous race while human rights abuses mount with fresh reports of police firing tear gas and furious demonstrators. ten pm here in moscow this thursday night one story dominating our coverage tonight with me kevin and frank for being with us by the way the latest developments in the u.s. state of texas where that massive blast ripped through that fertilizer plant earlier today police say up to fifteen people have been killed and at least one hundred sixty are injured but emergency crews are still searching for survivors fear as many as seventy may have died. well thank you i think we. should have a force of a minor earthquake the experts say you destroyed several buildings totall
suspect behind the marathon bombings while an envelope laced with toxic reisen is sent to president obama. and in the wake of those tragic events the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill authorizing internet providers to share data with the government to avert attacks but it's fueling criticism over the crackdown on privacy. reporting to tonight know to formula one protests in bahrain denounce holding a glamorous race while human rights abuses mount with fresh reports of police firing...
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the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got it right when i said that she was going to example here jump and go ahead jump in here and i don't think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was survive in a man's world and very much survived in a finance. financially incentivised world where she behaved in a way that didn't provide for everybody the you know the whole colson's of society would get left out of the the policies that were made at the time so that what we're suffering now is such a huge. huge gap between rich and poor in niger caisson in printing money factoring in the legal profession once you bring in competition you leave home off the country behind the health of that country includes a lot of women so i accept that she did explain it well to get where she was as a woman but
the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got it right when i said that she was going to example here jump and go ahead jump in here and i don't think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that she was tough enough to do it was...
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the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president but ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value targets being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and the cameras are off the drones why people die and for the latest updates on the boston marathon bombings along with comprehensive analysis head to our website com. later his top military officer says european countries need to spend more on defense because they're free riding on american funding officials warn the u.s. led globe is rapidly losing effectiveness and unity crisis hit nato states forced to slash their spending have already chopped forty five billion dollars of the alliance treasury they couldn't of germany's entire military budget the number of european troops and the u.s. led block has also plummeted from two point fi
the columbia law school's human rights institute six months ago came out the report showing a that obama is exponentially increased the number of drone strikes since he's been president but ninety eight percent of the casualties and drone strikes are civilian so it's fifty civilians killed for every one so-called high value targets being killed the notion we want peace with the rest of the world well that's all we're that's all talk when the cameras are on and the cameras are off the drones why...
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a white house official says the obama administration is handling an attack at the boston marathon as an act of terror. two bombs went off just before the finish line. at least three people were killed. one of them was an 8-year-old boy. more than 100 others were wounded. the first bomb knocked back runners 30 meters from the finish. then another explosion hit people a short distance away. emergency services rushed to the scene. there was no word on the motive or on who may have been responsible. investigators are working to find out whether the attack was carried out by a terrorist group from inside or outside the country. the explosions have revived memories of the september 11th terror attacks. authorities have tightened security in cities around the country, and they may review measures to keep americans safe. nhk world's reporter has more. >> reporter: this was the 117th running of the boston marathon. the world's oldest annual sporting event. more than 23,000 runners took part. several recounted the horror. >> i literally saw the garbage garl explode. i saw the flash, the fire a
a white house official says the obama administration is handling an attack at the boston marathon as an act of terror. two bombs went off just before the finish line. at least three people were killed. one of them was an 8-year-old boy. more than 100 others were wounded. the first bomb knocked back runners 30 meters from the finish. then another explosion hit people a short distance away. emergency services rushed to the scene. there was no word on the motive or on who may have been...
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throughout the 1970s. >> you talk about and mentoring barack obama. how is that a mentorship? >> great question. i had one source tell me he thinks them that weekly. i see david marinus says in his new book they got upwards of 15 times and i would imagine the source to be obama because i don't know where else marinus would've got that. i'm not doubting that. it could be. 15 times would be allowed. bill clinton says his mentor william fulbright. they would meet lengthy, long periods into late evening together. obama in his memoirs refers to frank by name 22 times and then refers dozens of other time. that's a lot. run that reagan never refers to his mentor one time. hillary clinton in her memoirs refers to john john, may be a half dozen times. you've got obama mentioning frank quite often. >> what was this event? >> the entirety of the 70s. they were introduced in the fall of 1970 and not all the way through the time obama left in 1979. obama talks about one of the last words of advice he sought out before you have to assert greater commercial davis, w
throughout the 1970s. >> you talk about and mentoring barack obama. how is that a mentorship? >> great question. i had one source tell me he thinks them that weekly. i see david marinus says in his new book they got upwards of 15 times and i would imagine the source to be obama because i don't know where else marinus would've got that. i'm not doubting that. it could be. 15 times would be allowed. bill clinton says his mentor william fulbright. they would meet lengthy, long periods...
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with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to b.p.a. and not to the department of state did i want to go to new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth day as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that enough as we're building another pipeline of course i guess the b.p. oil spill was a it was a oil well underground it wasn't a pipeline but still the same sort of stuff are we doing enough to prevent these sort of disasters from happening again. well in short no very little has happened since the b.p. oil spill there's been no major reform legislation to really tighten up the standards there been some reforms to the mineral management service the department of interior and the way they. run these programs but as we've seen in these recent pipeline spills the level of oversight for fossil fuel
with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to b.p.a. and not to the department of state did i want to go to new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth day as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that...
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senator roger wicker and president obama containing boys in, the fbi does say that those letters did contain an deadly substance. officials said emplaced paul kagan curtis under arrest doing district court today. maximum penalty for this one, said the justice department, 15 years, a half million dollar fine if convicted. back to you. liz: you want to let our viewers know that when that fbi briefing does happen at the top of the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour, we will take it live. don't worry. the second they get to the podium if it does happen, remember, a couple of canceled. we will have that for you. this is an important story of great interest. we understand and will have it. closing bell ringing in about 51 minutes the. a fox business exclusive. big technology company if the stock is up 21% just since the start of this year. providing memory chips for hundreds of products. remember, you may have had a memory card in your camera. this is a quarter to remember that because of that product, but because of a totally different product. we have the co-founder and ceo on how he successfully sh
senator roger wicker and president obama containing boys in, the fbi does say that those letters did contain an deadly substance. officials said emplaced paul kagan curtis under arrest doing district court today. maximum penalty for this one, said the justice department, 15 years, a half million dollar fine if convicted. back to you. liz: you want to let our viewers know that when that fbi briefing does happen at the top of the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour, we will take it live. don't worry. the...
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president obama reacted with disdain over the vote. >> this was a pretty shameful day for washington. but this effort is not over. i want to make it clear to the american people, we can still bring about meaningful changes that reduce gun violence so long as the american people don't give up on it. >> don't forget to watch america's gun, the rise of the ar-15. it premiers next thursday at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time right here. so our question of the day to you is how do you feel about the senate's decision to block the gun control legislation? you can vote and we will have the results for you a little bit later on on power lunch. >> a massive deadly explosion at a texas fertilizer plant. scores are dead, hundreds are injured, firearm are missing and homes are evacuated. we are live at the scene with the latest next. ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just stay alive... but feel alive. the c-class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz, through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exce
president obama reacted with disdain over the vote. >> this was a pretty shameful day for washington. but this effort is not over. i want to make it clear to the american people, we can still bring about meaningful changes that reduce gun violence so long as the american people don't give up on it. >> don't forget to watch america's gun, the rise of the ar-15. it premiers next thursday at 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time right here. so our question of the day to you is how do you...
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. >> president barack obama has promised to deliver those answers, stressing that the investigation continues. 157 people are confirmed dead and over 5000 injured after a powerful earthquake in southwestern china. the quake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit the province of sichuan. the epicenter was located in a rural, mountainous area near the city. the tremors were felt in chengdu about 150 kilometers away. china's new permit or -- or mirror has arrived to oversee hasue efforts -- premier arrived to oversee rescue efforts. >> the tremors were so powerful that they could be felt for several hundred kilometers. >a toppled buildings and triggered landslides. it brought back memories of the destruction of 2008, when an earthquake left tens of thousands dead in sichuan. doctors are tending to the thousands of casualties in local hospitals. at makeshift clinics set up intense. her father was trying to save her, but rubble fell on his head when he was carrying her out of the house and that injured him, to. >> we still live in our old house. the new one is not ready yet. but our house just collapsed. eve
. >> president barack obama has promised to deliver those answers, stressing that the investigation continues. 157 people are confirmed dead and over 5000 injured after a powerful earthquake in southwestern china. the quake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit the province of sichuan. the epicenter was located in a rural, mountainous area near the city. the tremors were felt in chengdu about 150 kilometers away. china's new permit or -- or mirror has arrived to oversee hasue efforts -- premier...
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reports the last of the white house president obama website you can find out exactly what happened. on the. surprising extra for the price of admission to the skies by what looks like. the trial of one of russia's top opposition activists has resumed court almost nine hundred kilometers northeast of moscow. faces up to ten years in prison for allegedly embezzling half a million dollars worth of timber from a state owned company but he was also a. corruption blogger he believes the proceedings are all politically motivated. picks up the story. well no one is lawyers have said and announced that they've taken on the tactic of delaying and stalling and attracting as much media attention to this case as well last week we were able to reschedule the hearing exactly for one week they have been saying that they're not being given enough time to properly study all the cases material so we've just asked the judge again but this time he rejected so they've also appealed for the case to be returned to the prosecutor's office claiming that there are various irregularities in the way it was put
reports the last of the white house president obama website you can find out exactly what happened. on the. surprising extra for the price of admission to the skies by what looks like. the trial of one of russia's top opposition activists has resumed court almost nine hundred kilometers northeast of moscow. faces up to ten years in prison for allegedly embezzling half a million dollars worth of timber from a state owned company but he was also a. corruption blogger he believes the proceedings...
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nation, ever since president obama won re-election in november, republicans have been pinning their hopes for 2016 on new jersey governor and grown-up campbell's kid chris christie. sadly, a new scandal has exploded that could derail christie's ambitions. he was recently caught on tape blatantly lying to one of his constituents about his past. >> this is your time here. get the microphone. >> what's your favorite tv show. i like to watch sports. what's your favorite tv show. >> scooby doo. how old are you? four. when i was four, my favorite show was scooby doo too. >> stephen: shocking. shocking that scooby doo is still on the air. although in the new episode when the harlem globetrotters guest star, they're joined by their buddy kim jong-un. well, it turns out christie was full of scooby doo doo and he was exposed by pulitzer prize winning watchdog group politifact who reported given the governor's birthday and the official premiere date of scooby doo christie would have been seven years old not four if he watched the's first episode. ( cheers and applause ). christie was was clearly lyi
nation, ever since president obama won re-election in november, republicans have been pinning their hopes for 2016 on new jersey governor and grown-up campbell's kid chris christie. sadly, a new scandal has exploded that could derail christie's ambitions. he was recently caught on tape blatantly lying to one of his constituents about his past. >> this is your time here. get the microphone. >> what's your favorite tv show. i like to watch sports. what's your favorite tv show....
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and she filled us in on the latest of the boston marathon bombings and president obama's attendance at the memorial service. well you know it was definitely an emotional time people living here in boston were certainly looking forward to some kind of consolation that they did in fact to get that the president was here the president of united states was here to address the people living here in boston and people throughout the united states concerned with this latest tragedy and certainly he gave a very hard heartfelt speech and did meet with the victims families and you know tried to do what he could on his part to make people feel better and i guess safer because of the situation because certainly this is something that was never expected or could have been predicted in this in this kind of picture perfect city megan. now i also understand. guessing it was not the proudest day for our colleagues over at c.n.n. as well as at fox news both of whom reported that an arrest had definitely taken place and then they actually backtracked within the hour wireless confusion and did you see any
and she filled us in on the latest of the boston marathon bombings and president obama's attendance at the memorial service. well you know it was definitely an emotional time people living here in boston were certainly looking forward to some kind of consolation that they did in fact to get that the president was here the president of united states was here to address the people living here in boston and people throughout the united states concerned with this latest tragedy and certainly he...
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with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to the p.a. and not to the department of state dan i want to go to the new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that enough as we're building another pipeline of course i guess the b.p. oil spill was a it was a oil well underground it was in a pipeline but still the same sort of stuff are we doing enough to prevent these sort of disasters from happening again. well in short no very little has happened since the b.p. oil spill there's been no major reform legislation to really tighten up the standards there been some reforms to the mineral management service the department of interior and the way they. run these programs but as we've seen in these recent pipeline spills the level of oversight for fossil fuel
with their i think when it comes to an environmental analysis obama should be listening to the p.a. and not to the department of state dan i want to go to the new you in new york it's been three years since the b.p. oil spill. happened right around earth as well we now have another spill being dealt with in arkansas all and we have as tyson mentioned the keystone construction underway what has been done since the first b.p. oil spill to make sure this sort of stuff doesn't happen again is that...
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an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar act in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and why was behind the attack and how secure really is the united states of today over the last decade the u.s. has pumped enormous resources into security and steps often criticised for breaching the rights of u.s. citizens and foreigners alike but what are the results and have all these efforts created anything more than an illusion of safety in. boston massachusetts. authorities have received thousands of tips photos and videos as they continue the search for suspects focusing on people carrying heavy bags or backpacks to try and find out who may have planted these explosives well social media users
an immediate threat security has been beefed up here in boston and throughout the united states the obama administration has already referred to what happened as a terror act but exactly what kind of consequences this will have for america's foreign and domestic policy remains to be seen a media frenzy surrounding the bombings the united states has not seen a similar act in years officials are saying the investigation is still very fluid but the majority of questions yet to be answered who and...
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obama, well i sort of answer your question. once again the united states is pressing the party to the visitor on the stronger party. this already have an expansion over preiden carteimproved the situation or not? are we doing it? yes. there you are putting it is forcing the palestinians to not use the tools they have as the weaker party to try to right the balance as the president apparently tried to press not using their criminal court is that going to improve the situation if israel is, if you cover them more they are going to be warm and fuzzy? i doubted. you can't stop them. but you possibly can do is say this use of u.s. money neither tax-free dollars, 501c3 or u.s. aid money, so it's hard to show how that is used for settlement, but that we will not allow. >> you can do anything like that ing ainst that basra salles. pof >> the lady on the left and the author of the first [inaudible] >> i'm sorry, i don't see you. >> sorry. i agree that the reality on the ground is a one state solution, and that's what it is. i think mayb
obama, well i sort of answer your question. once again the united states is pressing the party to the visitor on the stronger party. this already have an expansion over preiden carteimproved the situation or not? are we doing it? yes. there you are putting it is forcing the palestinians to not use the tools they have as the weaker party to try to right the balance as the president apparently tried to press not using their criminal court is that going to improve the situation if israel is, if...
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the one sent to president obama is also being tested right now. those who handled these letters are not showing any symptoms right now of being affected with some type of poison. this is from the wording that is in this fbi bulletin, both are postmarked out of memphis, tennessee. enclosed letters contain identical verbiage that include the phrase to see a wrong and unexposed it is to become a silent partner to its continuance. >> they prove that our proactive measures we put in place do in fact work. the american people will find those responsible for the attack in washington and the letter here the capitol. rich: the investigation continues in the washington, d.c. area. the investigation also continues in the boston area. they found a nylon blackberry, pressure cookers, bbs and nails. back to you. connell: a number of things for us to talk about. let's start before we get to the markets and matt welsh. we thought it was all about immigration and gun control. now, though boston bombings and these ricin attacks or whatever they turn out to be. >> i
the one sent to president obama is also being tested right now. those who handled these letters are not showing any symptoms right now of being affected with some type of poison. this is from the wording that is in this fbi bulletin, both are postmarked out of memphis, tennessee. enclosed letters contain identical verbiage that include the phrase to see a wrong and unexposed it is to become a silent partner to its continuance. >> they prove that our proactive measures we put in place do...
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was hurt, president obama was hurt. then it began to pan out there was explosion and then it began to pan out that ap obviously admitted that their twitter account was hacked and all this was false and quickly we regained. we were up 130 points and dropped down to negative 13. look at the what happened to the volatility index. if you lay them over each other as the dow was dropping significantly, volatility index was creeping higher to a 15 level. it obviously is showing you that. we're keeping an eye on names coming out with numbers of at bell. back to you. ashley: nicole, thank you very much. complete coverage of today's earnings. that is busy day on "after the bell" 4:00 p.m. eastern. tracy: a lot of earnings reports today. all right, several u.s. banks scaling backbone us ins just because the federal reserve asked them to do so? huh? what do shareholders have to say about all that? financial fund manager anton schutz weighs in next. ashley: first let's look how the u.s. dollar is moving right now. let's take a look.
was hurt, president obama was hurt. then it began to pan out there was explosion and then it began to pan out that ap obviously admitted that their twitter account was hacked and all this was false and quickly we regained. we were up 130 points and dropped down to negative 13. look at the what happened to the volatility index. if you lay them over each other as the dow was dropping significantly, volatility index was creeping higher to a 15 level. it obviously is showing you that. we're keeping...